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Est-y-gentil ? Est-y-gentil ?: P.1257-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Est-y-gentil ? Est-y-gentil ?
Amourettes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Philipon, Charles
Printer: Ducarme
Publisher: Osterwald aîné
Publisher: Martinet-Hautecoeur

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1827 CE - 1830 CE

Note

Plate No. 26 from the series "Amourettes".

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 202 mm Width 177 mm
Sheet Height 360 mm Width 275 mm

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Amourettes
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: No. 26
  • Location: Image upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Charles Philipon. Invt.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Lith. de Ducarme.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Est-y-Gentil ? Est-y-gentil ?
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: à Paris chez Osterwald ainé, éditr. Quai des Augustins No. 37. / et chez Hautecoeur Martinet, rue du coq St. Honoré.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1257-1991
Primary reference Number: 25439
Béraldi: p.268
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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